NovumHouse

An independent imprint publishing short, exacting books on psychiatry, diagnosis and the practice of clinical medicine.

The list

The Concept of Impairment

A Philosophical Investigation

Marios Adamou

Impairment looks obvious until the question is pressed. A scale returns a number, a diagnosis follows, and decisions of real consequence are taken on that basis. This book takes the concept apart and shows it to be composite rather than simple, assembled from biological function, lived experience, social environment, norms and values, the effects of classification itself, and the standpoint from which the judgement is made. The argument is that calling a person impaired, without saying against what comparison, states very little at all.

Kindle edition — published 9 June 2026
Written for clinicians, and readable by anyone who assesses, commissions or contests impairment

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Targeted Psychological Therapy for Autistic Adults

Modular Single-Session Interventions

Marios Adamou and Tim Fullen

What follows the diagnostic assessment is usually treatment for a co-occurring condition with some adaptation, or a generic social skills programme offered to whoever is available. Both treat a heterogeneous population as though it shared one profile. This clinician's guide sets out single-session modules matched to the difficulties the assessment actually identified, together with a formulation session that turns candidate modules into an agreed programme, a structured close, and guidance on risk and adverse effects. It is a structured practice model rather than a protocol of demonstrated efficacy, and it claims no global change: only that the specific things which are hard become somewhat less hard.

Kindle edition
For qualified clinical psychologists and allied mental health professionals working within their competence and with access to supervision

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The authorProfessor Marios Adamou OBE

Consultant psychiatrist, academic and NHS clinical leader. His work spans adult ADHD, autism, service design, health economics, medical law and the philosophy of diagnosis. He designed England's first multidisciplinary clinical pathway for adults with ADHD and later extended the service to autism.

A founding member of the UK Adult ADHD Network, he has contributed to national and international consensus statements and to evidence-based guidance. He is a Visiting Professor at the University of Huddersfield and at Leeds Beckett University, and has held senior NHS commissioning, regulatory and board-level roles. He has published more than 120 peer-reviewed papers, and was appointed OBE for services to psychiatry, NHS leadership and patient safety.

The books published under this imprint bring that clinical and policy experience to bear on questions the working day rarely leaves time to examine.